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By Bao Ong March 11, 2013 4:05 pmMarch 11, 2013 4:05 pm

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Paul GriecoCredit Joe Fornabaio for The New York Times

Noodles to Slurp

Yuji Ramen’s bowls of noodles, whether dry or in broth, are topped with any number of ingredients: crab, sea urchin, miso and more. Now the popular ramen vendor will begin an extended run at Smorgasburg Bowery, 95 East Houston Street, on the Lower East Side, from Tuesday through May 12. On the second floor of a Whole Foods, Yuji will be open 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., with lunch service beginning on Tuesday, and dinner, which features a five-course omakase menu served at 6 and 8 p.m., starting on March 19.

Wine Classes

While Paul Grieco is known by many as an evangelist of riesling, he is offering a wide range of wine classes at Terroir Murray Hill, 439 Third Avenue. First up is a Wine 101 class on Tuesday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Subsequent Tuesday classes cover everything from chardonnay to pinot noir. Classes are $28 a person; reservations can be made by e-mailing rmartinez@wineisterroir.com.

Hummus Tasting

A hummus competition will be held at the Peace Market at the Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street, in Chelsea. Some of the restaurants competing at the market, which is organized by the nonprofit organization Seeds of Peace, include Taim, Moustache and Hummus Place. Tickets start at $130 a person and can be bought online at seedsofpeace.org/peacemarket.

Irish Food and Drink

A number of Irish food purveyors and artisans will be at Dean & DeLuca, 560 Broadway, in SoHo, on Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. offering tastings and cooking demos. Items include smoked salmon, organic porridge and a variety of cheeses.

It’s not all about beer on St. Patrick’s Day. A blind tasting of five Irish whiskies will be held at Bottlerocket Wine & Spirit, 5 West 19th Street, in Chelsea, on Wednesday, from 7 to 8 p.m. The tasting is $25 a person; registration is online.

Clodagh McKenna, an Irish celebrity chef, is cooking a traditional Irish dinner at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday hosted by the New York chapter of Les Dames d’Escoffier at 230 Fifth, 230 Fifth Avenue, in the Flatiron district. The five-course menu, including wine parings, is $65 per person, to benefit the LDNY’s scholarship program.

Cooking Demo

The French chef Claude Godard, of Jeanne & Gaston, 212 West 14th Street, in Chelsea, will lead a class on how to make savory and sweet tarte flambés on March 18 from 2 to 4 p.m. He will demonstrate the recipes, offer tips and provide tastings of the dishes. To reserve a spot in the class, which is $60 a person, call (212) 675-3773.

Dine in Chinatown
Bowls of hand-pulled noodles, dumplings and more are available in abundance during the second annual Chinatown Restaurant Week, which runs from Saturday through March 31. The participating restaurants (check online for the most updated list) will offer special menus for $20.13.

Correction: March 12, 2013An earlier version of this blog post gave an incorrect ending date for Chinatown Restaurant Week. It ends on March 31, not March 21.